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What is bitcoin/ BTC

Bitcoin is a digital currency

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At what age can you purchase bitcoins?

There is no age limitation to purchase BTC.  Anyone can purchase bitcoins.

However, you need to find a way to set up an account with cash to purchase the wallet.

Gift Cards on Paxful

For this method, you only need to buy your preferred gift card, then head over to Paxful and exchange the gift cards for Bitcoin. Buying gift cards is a great method for minors to acquire cryptocurrency because at no point will you have to answer questions regarding your age. 

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What is double spending?

Using BTC in two separate transaction at the same time. the block chain has a mechanism to prevent this problem.

  • A technical issue that arises with the notion of a digital currency is the ability for somebody to duplicate the digital money and spend it simultaneously at two or more places.
  • This 'double-spend' problem is prevented in blockchain-based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin by using a consensus mechanism known as proof-of-work (PoW).
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How do you start a bitcoin account?

create a bitcoin wallet

you have to download a client-like bitcoin-QT


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How do you get paid with bitcoin?

the only piece of information you have to provide

You need an address- it's like your home address or an email -but its a number

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What if I send my bitcoins to the wrong address?

The wrong person?

BTC is irreversible. The address is anonymous.

Once you make y our payment you cannot get BTC

back unless the receiver agrees to refund it.

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In 2014 850,000 bitcoins went missing, if they found those today how much would they be worth?

check the graph


The cost of 850,000 Bitcoins in United States Dollars today is $18,251,863,563.58 according to the “Open Exchange Rates”, compared to yesterday, the exchange ...

18 billion dollars

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When was the first Bitcoin transaction? 

What is January 12, 2009 
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Where do I store the wallet?

you can print it

download on the phone/computer

save it on an external drive-incase the computer crash or lose your phone


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What is the blockchain?

 Blockchain is a public record of all the bitcoin transactions. 

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Who is the founder of Bitcoin? 

What is Satoshi Nakamoto 

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If someone who had 10,000 bitcoins in 2010 still had them today, how much would they be worth? 

The price of Bitcoin is determined in the same way that the value of the U.S. dollar is determined: supply and demand. Like fiat currency, when the demand for bitcoin increases, the price increases. When demand for bitcoin falls, the price falls k the chart

$19 million

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Is bitcoin a safe investment?

Bitcoin is a high-risk and volatile currency.

Its value can increase or decrease at any given time.

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what is a bitcoin wallet

It's where you store your digital currency

each time you have a transaction, creating a different address. ( i.e., an email address)

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What type of currency is Bitcoin? 

What is Cryptocurrency 

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Bitcoins market cap surpasses how much? 

What is $138 billion

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in the video, he bought 400 bitcoins; he paid $50

How much was one bitcoin?

400/$5=

50x8=400

5x8=40

50x8=400

500x8=4,000

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Bitcoin is limited to how many coins?

What is 21 million

There are only 21 million bitcoins.

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How do you protect your wallet?

encrypt your wallet( use a password)

if someone gets hold of your cellphone your BTC will be safe and cannot be used by others.

help keep hackers at bay.

if you lose your password your BTC it will permanently be lost

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Bitcoin is a ____-to- ______ network

What is peer-to-peer

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One bitcoin equals how many US dollars? 

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